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First IUI: Complete!

lbugherlbugher
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Greetings, Bumpies!  I write this post from my sick bed - to my dismay, endless amounts of Emergen-C and cough suppressants have not made me feel better and seeing what a mess I am, I decided to stay home. 

I scheduled my IUI this morning at 8 am precisely so I wouldn't have to miss work.  Oh, well.  Anyway, it is done.  The swimmers are floating around in my uterus hunting for a precious egg.  Here's my experience:

The good: 1) I took my Ovidrel shot yesterday and the doctor told me I had high LH levels today so I surged on my own.  He expects that I'll release my egg this afternoon or later this evening.  2) The sperm is motile, strong, and plentiful.  As he injected me he said "Boy, that's a LOT of sperm!" - I take that as a good thing :) even though it just takes one, the more the merrier!  3) My uterus is in great shape. 4) DP was with me and made me laugh and showed me pictures as it was happening.  Love her.

The bad: 1) My cervix is tilted a bit so the doctor had trouble getting the catheter inside me. 2) A student was in the room watching the procedure and the doctor explained everything in detail so I had to hear it, too.

The ugly: Because he was having trouble he told me he needed to make an "adjustment."  He told me I'd feel a bit of discomfort.  Woo!!!  He wrangled my cervix and pulled it forward.  Luckily he managed to get it in position.  I winced a little but it wasn't too bad.  Just really weird.  I then lay still for 15 minutes.  When I got up to get dressed I saw the tools he used.  They looked like meat-flipping tongs with scissor-like holders.  If I'd seen him come at me with those things I'd probably have said "Never mind!!!  DP, it's your turn!!!"

So there you have it.  Looks like timing was good after all.  Still have 2 more vials in storage... maybe I'll get a baby but if not I know I can try, try again :) Now to relax and let it happen.  I'm gonna listen to my Circle + Bloom again.  Hooray!  Glad to have done my first IUI!

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Re: First IUI: Complete!

  • KH826KH826 member
    Congrats on your first IUI and good luck! :)

    Me - 30, My wife - 31 , Together for 10 yrs - Married August 2012

    5 medicated IUIs w/ RE (March - July 2013) = BFN

    Fresh IVF Cycle in September 2013 resulted in 18 mature eggs, 16 fertilized, 12 made it to day 5. Transfer of 2 Grade A blastocysts on 9/15/13, and 10 embryos in the freezer!      *****BFP on 9/25/13 - betas: @10dp5dt = 232; @12dp5dt = 465; @15dp5dt = 1,581   *********William George born June 4, 2014*********
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  • JazibelJazibel member
    Sounds like it's all positive so far :-)  I was just sick during my ICI cycles and got knocked up (I read that a down immune system can be beneficial to getting pregnant) - so here's to your cold may it result in BFP!!
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  • GoaliesWife123GoaliesWife123 member
    Yay! I hope you feel better and that the swimmers are successful!

    TTC our first. Married to, and madly in love with, my beautiful wife. Living with our fur baby and enjoying 19 nieces and nephews. 
    • DW and I have been tracking, preparing, getting medical testing since January 2013.
    • First Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 08/02/13: BFN
    • Second Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 09/11/13, 09/13/13, 09/15/13: BFN
    • Third Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm: 10/13/13, 10/15/13, 10/17/13, 10/21/13: BFN
    • January 2014: Sonohysterogram shows excellent lining & tubes have no blockages
    • Fourth Cycle:  Monitored clomid cycle  w/ ICI's at home: 1/24/14 and 1/25/14. Ovulation verified:  BFN
    • Fifth Cycle: 02/2014 Femara 5mg with ovidrel trigger CD14: BFN
    • Taking a few months off to evaluate if we want to keep trying


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  • lbugherlbugher

    @Jazibel - I sure hope that's the case :) Would be awesome if this cold did something beneficial for me.  I'm feeling a little better now - gotta take it day by day.  I'm just relieved the IUI is done.

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  • kristi&pkristi&p member
    Congrats to first iui

    Married in September 2010, started TTC journey November 2012

    Me-

    7 IUI- 2 CP- 2 BFN

    RPL blood work 12/27, showed a balance translocation in chromosome 11;22  

    Spouse-

    PCOS 4 IUI-4 BFN

    New Plan: Reciprocal IVF, me as carrier wife's eggs. Just went through insurance and received partial approval, so my part will go through my IVF benefits and wife's part will be out of pocket. Now just finalizing finance plans to cover the oop costs. Doctors office is in process of moving to a new building so there are no IVF start ups until March/April 2015. 



     

     

     

     

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